Hankook Tire tops tire test for electric vehicles in Germany's 'Auto Bild'
Jun 12, 2025
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This test was conducted on four-season tires dedicated to 245/45 R19 standard electric vehicles from three global brands, including Hankook Tire. A total of 10 items, including braking force, steering performance, wear durability, noise, ride comfort, and overall efficiency, were comprehensively tested in various driving environments such as wet, dry, snow, and icy roads by Hyundai Motor's electric sedan "Ionic 6" to evaluate tire performance and driving stability.
As a result of the test, "Ion FlexClimit" proved stable driving performance and excellent overall efficiency in all tests and obtained a "Very Good" rating, ranking first in the test. Among them, it has overwhelmingly dominated in six categories, including water curtain phenomenon, handling, braking force, and rotational resistance, and demonstrated the best existing tire technology for electric vehicles, beating over leading brands such as Michelin.
In its general review, "Auto Bild" evaluated the "Ion FlexClimit" product as "a tire that supports the best driving with dynamic and balanced performance in any weather."
Hankook Tire's "Ion FlexClimit" is an all-weather tire product of "ION," the world's first full-line electric vehicle exclusive tire brand. With the design of the electric vehicle-specific technology "ION INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGY", performances such as grip strength, handling, total inefficiency, mileage, and quietness are in optimal balance to support the best driving experience throughout the year.
Hankook Tire's "Ion" continues to be recognized for its Top Tier technology in Europe, the center of the automobile industry, based on constant technological innovation. In the case of "ion evo," a performance tire exclusively for electric vehicles, it has been listed at the top of Autobild's tire test for three consecutive years since 2023, widely imprinting its status as a representative tire brand for electric vehicles.
In addition, in March last year, the ION product line proved its superior performance compared to its global top tier brand peers in a comparative test conducted by global testing and certification agency TVSD, and in December of the same year, it was recognized as the peak of its electric vehicle-only tire technology, including the highest honor, "Tire of the Year" and "Electric Vehicle Tire of the Year" by Wattyre, a leading British tire media outlet.
Currently, "Ion" supplies tires for new cars to core models of premium electric vehicle brands such as Porsche, Audi, BMW, Hyundai Motor, Kia, Tesla, and BYD, and is widely recognized for its premium status of innovative technology and global integrated brand "Hankook." It also leads the global electric vehicle tire market by operating a wide lineup of 240 specifications ranging from 16 inches to 22 inches that can be installed in most existing electric sedan and SUV models in the global replacement tire market through continuous brand lineup expansion.
Editor Kim Tae-jin, tj.kim@carguy.kr
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
